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National Bank of Canada Net Income dropped on 23.8% in 2016 while Revenue increased slightly on 1.5%

02.12.2016 • About National Bank of Canada ($NA) • By InTwits

National Bank of Canada reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • National Bank of Canada has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.7%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 140 in FY2016, 130 in FY2015, 50 in FY2014, 146 in FY2013, 176 in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 3.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

National Bank of Canada ($NA) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue7,1027,1247,5167,6457,7591.5%
Net Income1,5611,4491,4691,5491,181-23.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash3,2493,5968,0867,5678,1838.1%
Short Term Debt18,12418,90918,16717,33314,207-18.0%
Long Term Debt2,4704,8683,8773,3931,012-70.2%
Cash flow
Capex176146501301407.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth12.6%0.3%5.5%1.7%1.5%
Net Income Margin22.0%20.3%19.5%20.3%15.2%-5.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%2.0%0.7%1.7%1.8%0.1%
ROIC4.0%3.5%3.6%3.9%3.1%-0.8%
ROE24.9%20.2%17.9%16.7%11.7%-5.0%


National Bank of Canada ($NA) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CADFY16Q1FY16Q2FY16Q3FY16Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue1,7581,8912,0382,072-8.0%0.1%2.6%11.6%
Net Income239193460289-39.8%-50.3%5.5%-11.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash6,5897,4528,8248,183-2.1%15.2%34.6%8.1%
Short Term Debt15,57314,83912,74814,207-26.1%-15.8%-25.2%-18.0%
Long Term Debt3,6081,0151,0141,01211.3%-33.6%-33.7%-70.2%
Ratios
Net Income Margin 13.6% 10.2% 22.6% 13.9%-7.2%-10.3%0.6%-3.7%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased slightly on 1.5%. Revenue growth showed acceleration in FY16Q4 - it increased 11.6% YoY.

Net Income marign decreased on 5.0 pp from 20.3% to 15.2% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


National Bank of Canada's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.8% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (3.06%) and ROE (11.65%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.79 pp from 3.9% to 3.1% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 5.0 pp from 16.7% to 11.7% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt dropped on 26.6% while cash increased on 8.1%.

Management team


Louis Vachon is a National Bank of Canada's CEO. Louis Vachon is a founder and has spent 11 years at the company. National Bank of Canada's CFO Ghislain Parent has spent 7 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below we provide National Bank of Canada benchmarking against other companies in Financial industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp ($GRC)317.2%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)22.2%7.5%111.8%
Slate Retail REIT ($SRT.UN)316.8%229.7%92.5%21.6%
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)13.7%34.6%86.0%14.6%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)27.2%9.2%58.8%4.6%
 
Median (54 companies)7.1%9.0%3.3%5.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)80.9%82.6%83.2%84.5%83.5%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.0%69.9%68.6%76.5%75.5%
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)70.4%64.5%63.4%62.3%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)18.2%22.6%18.3%52.4%
Clarke Inc ($CKI)28.1%20.0%18.9%43.4%41.6%
 
Median (9 companies)28.1%30.7%28.3%43.4%30.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($FC)87.6%87.9%88.8%86.6%
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)88.1%87.4%86.0%84.7%83.0%
Atrium Mortgage Investment Corp ($AI)79.8%81.9%83.2%
Trez Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($TZZ)76.2%
First National Financial Corp ($FN)67.8%76.5%77.1%74.6%
 
Median (37 companies)43.7%33.5%39.8%32.5%43.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Dundee Corp ($DC.A)10.3%14.1%88.8%123.6%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)80.2%43.3%52.1%69.3%95.5%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)127.9%76.1%73.8%56.7%79.7%
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)80.7%114.1%143.5%46.7%59.9%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)150.5%73.3%79.1%21.4%
 
Median (56 companies)0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
CI Financial Corp ($CIX)24.1%
FirstService Corp ($FSV)17.4%
IGM Financial Inc ($IGM)14.2%14.2%13.7%13.7%13.1%
Alaris Royalty Corp ($AD)9.5%10.1%10.7%7.3%12.3%
Genworth MI Canada Inc ($MIC)11.9%9.6%9.7%9.5%9.4%
 
Median (56 companies)4.6%3.8%3.9%3.0%3.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x79.9x22.6x
First National Financial Corp ($FN)34.3x33.7x40.9x37.4x
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)11.2x9.7x13.6x35.7x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)12.8x12.7x15.3x22.1x15.2x
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)11.8x10.2x9.8x12.3x13.7x
 
Median (28 companies)5.3x4.6x4.7x6.0x7.8x